Bart Soeters: Bass Sounds

There’s so much to like about this video, it’s hard to figure out where to begin.

Bart Soeters made this video to showcase the diverse sounds of the bass. Accompanied by Joris Holtackers on drums and keys, Soeters uses 19 (!) basses throughout the jam to show the wide variety of tones and feels that each bass achieves. If you add the “Coda” video in, the bass count goes up to 22.

The result is not only a tasty jam, but a lesson in how different basses sound.

Here are the basses used in the video:

Fender Precision (1966)

Hofner Deluxe Violin Bass

Gibson SG Bass

Toby Chennell Arco Acoustic Bassguitar

Rob Allen Deep 5

Fender Jazz Bass (1971)

Musicman Stingray

F-Bass BN-5

Fodera Emperor II

Adamovic FBC Bart Soeters signature

Rickenbacker 4003

Fender Jazz Bass Deluxe

NS Design Basscello

Rick Turner Renaissance Bass

Gretsch G5123B Electromatic

Stoll Acoustic Bass

Esteve PS-CB Contrabajo

Yamaha BB300 / Ellio Martina Bassmute

Ibanez BTB 705 OL

As if that wasn’t enough, Soeters made a “Coda” video using the Bass Collection SCG Nanyo, the Takamine B-10, and a Rivertone Violin Bass.

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Wow! Possible the best video ever posted to No Treble. Of course it helps that Bart is a killer player but every one of the basses sounded amazing. Great way to get a sense for the differences and similarities.

This was a Great attempt to answer a lot of my questions… but his choice of music didn’t allow all of the basses to really showcase their stuff. Some basses were drowned out by the keyboard. But nice try.

This was impressive for a number of reasons. First of all, Congratulations on your collection, sir. MOST impressive. Scond, your playing is very impressive. I was especially impressed by your fretless work… I TRULY admire fretless players. Third was how effortlessly/seamlessly you managed to bridge all the parts using that incredible arsenal and still have it seem like a single piece of music. Many compliments to you. And thank you, NoTreble for posting it :)